Meeting:PhonDi
2025-04-11 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Detroit) | Off Campus Location - Lorch 473
Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology. We meet roughly biweekly during the academic year to present our research, discuss "hot" topics in the field, and practice upcoming conference or other presentations. We welcome anyone with interests in phonetics and phonology to join us.

Performance:Jenna Moon & Mitty Ma, carillon
2025-04-11 13:20 - 13:50 | Lurie Ann & Robert H. Tower
SMTD doctoral alumna Jenna Moon & graduate student Mitty Ma perform on the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Carillon, an instrument of 60 bells with the lowest bell (bourdon) weighing 6 tons.

Thirty-minute recitals are performed on the Lurie Carillon every weekday that classes are in session. During these recitals, visitors may take the elevator to level 2 to view the largest bells, or to level 3 to see the carillonist performing. (Visitors subject to acrophobia are recommended to visit level 2 only.) An optional spiral stairway between levels 2 and 3 allows for up-close views of some of the largest bells.

Workshop / Seminar:Digital Accessibility Office Hours
2025-04-11 13:30 - 15:00 | Off Campus Location
Concerned about document accessibility? Not sure where to start with web accessibility? Looking for more guidance on digital accessibility questions? The Disability Equity Office and Information Technology Services digital accessibility staff are hosting office hours the second and fourth Friday of each month from 1:30-3:00 P.M. to address digital accessibility questions. Break-out rooms will be available for discussing questions.

For more information or to join the meetings, visit Digital Accessibility Office Hours: https://accessibility.umich.edu/events-community/upcoming-events/office-hours.

If you need accommodations to participate in this drop-in session, please email the ADA Coordinator at ADAcoordinator@umich.edu.

Workshop / Seminar:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences
2025-04-11 13:30 - 15:00 | Haven Hall - Pre-Function, 5769
The Interdisciplinary Workshop in Comparative Politics & The Social Sciences (IWCP) provides a platform for sharing and improving research projects that use the comparative method to study the causes and effects of social, political and economic processes. We specifically welcome presenters, discussants, and participants from other social science fields to share their work with us. We have participants from Economics, the Ford School of Public Policy, the Law School, the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, the Ross School of Business, Sociology, Statistics, and the Center for Emerging Democracies, and others. In other words: All are welcome.

Other:IPE Friday Free Passport Photos for Engineering Students
2025-04-11 13:30 - 15:30 | Chrysler Center - 245
Need a passport photo for a passport or visa application? International Programs in Engineering (IPE) has got you covered!

-Fall & Winter Semester Only
-Fridays 1:30-3:30pm at the IPE Office (245 Chrysler Center)
-No Appointment Needed
-Not During Exam Week or Holidays

This service is for CoE undergraduate and graduate students.
For best results, wear darker colored, solid (non patterned) shirt/top

Workshop / Seminar:Money and Meaning in the Climate Change Debate: Organizational Power, Cultural Resonance, and the Shaping of American Media Discourse
2025-04-11 13:30 - 15:00 | Ross School of Business - R0220
In this research, I investigate why some framings of climate change are publicized in American mainstream media while others are not, examining organizational power and cultural resonance as two paths through which messages may gain visibility. First, I use automated text-analysis to identify climate change frames in interest groups’ press releases (N=1,768), coding frames for features believed to heighten cultural resonance. Then, I use plagiarism-detection software to identify which messages were publicized in three major newspapers from 1985-2014. I find that policy messages from structurally-powerful interest groups such as business coalitions have received disproportionate media attention in the US climate debate. However, organizational resources alone are not determinative of messages’ success. Political messages are also more likely to receive visibility when they leverage sources of cultural power, such as by appealing to the latent worldviews of American audiences or their pragmatic concerns at particular historical moments. Results suggest both cultural and organizational power have shaped the perspectives given visibility in the American climate change debate, while also describing limits on either form of power to determine media discourse.
